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No. 296,343. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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APPARATUS FOR HOISTI-NG AND. CONVEYING GROUND; MINERALS,&0. 110.296.3413. I Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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APPARATUS FOR HOlSTlNG AND CONVEYING GROUND, MINERALS, do.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,343, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed February 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it Ina/y concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. MoGAU- LEY, of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented an Apparatus for Hoisting and Conveying Earth from Sewer- 'Ditches, &c., of which the following isa specification.

My special object is to save time, labor, and expense in building sewers, and to avoid, to a great extent, the obstruction of travel and commerce on business streets while making asewerditch and sewer.

My invention consists in the construction and combination of an elevated railway'track, a four-wheeled carriage adapted to carry a suspended bucket, a bucket having a sectional hinged bottom and mechanism for opening and closing the same, a portable elevatorframe,and ropes and pulleys, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my accompanying drawings shows my apparatus in position upon the banks of an open sewer-ditch. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a yoke specially adapted to connect and support elevated track-rails in such a manner that a carriage and suspended bucket can be moved between the track-rails. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a section of my car or carriage. Fig. dis a perspective view,

showing my complete apparatus in practical use. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of my elevator-hucket. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the mechanism for operating the hinged sections of the bottom of the bucket.

Jointly considered,these figures clearly illustrate the construction, application, and operation of my complete invention.

A A are wooden posts, rigidly connected at their top ends by means of my cast-metal yoke B, which has fiat perforated and outwardly-inclined ends and a re-enforcing rib extended over its arched portion, and is secured to the posts with spikes or screw-bolts.

' C G are wooden rails resting upon shoulders formed on the ends of the posts, and fastened jointly to the ends of the yoke and the tops of the posts. top surfaces of the wooden rails, to engagethe tread and flange of car-wheels.

O is a rod fixed to the lower ends of the posts A, to brace and support them in inwardly-inclined positions.

Metal rails are fixed flat upon the C are sills placed across a ditch and upon leveling and supporting blocks that rest upon the banks on the opposite sides of the ditch. Any number of track-supports can be thus placed in position to form a continuous track over and parallel with the sewer-ditch, to con vey earth from one point to another along the line.

g D is the main axle of my carriage. It has T ends D, to which are attached flanged carwhcels by means of stub-axles D to produce a four-wheeled carriage adapted to traverse the elevated track and to carry to and fro an elevator-bucket attached to the single main axle by means of a hook and eye, or any other suitable method of detachably securing the bucket to the carriage.

ff are chains extending from the axle D, to be detachably connected with the sides of the bucket, to prevent swaying and to aid in supporting it steady while loaded and moved over the menoperating beneath.

G represents a four sided open topped bucket.

h h are bottom sections, hinged on opposite sides in such a manner that they will come together at the center to close the bottom of the bucket, and swing apart to open and drop the contents of the bucket whenever desired.

- J is a revolvingshaft that extends across the open top of the bucket.

z '8 are branches of a chain, The branches are connected with the hinged bottom sections, it, and the chain is connected with the shaft J in such a manner that when the shaft is revolved by means of a crank on its end, the chain It will be wound upon the shaft and the hinged-bottom sections drawn together to close the bucket for the reception of ground or-other substances that are to be raised or lowered or carried therein.

m is a perforated disk upon the shaft J.

a is a latch device attached to the outside of the bucket in such a manner that a pin, it, carried thereby will extend through an opening in the wall of the bucket to enter oneof the perforations in the disk m, to lock the shaft J, as required, to retain the bottom sections closed by the tension of the chain Is, that is wound upon the revolvingshaft. To release the hinged and closed bottom sections, it, as required to let the contents of the bucket drop out, I simply press upon the long arm of the latch-lever n, to thereby withdraw the pin a from the perforated disk m, so as to allow the shaft J to be revolved and the chain 70 unwound therefrom by the pressure of the ground in the bucket upon the hinged bottom sections, 72.

P represents a portable derrick or elevator frame, adapted to be placed astride of an open ditch at any point'desired.

r is a pulley-block attached to the crosspiece P at the top of the frame.

8 is a pulley-block connected with and suspended from the block 1" by means of a rope, t, which rope is passed over a directing-pulley, 10, near the surface of the ground, in such a manner thata horse can be readily hitched thereto to hoist a loaded bucket from the ditch by means of the tackling, as-clearly illustrated in Fig. 4, to be connected with the axle D of my four-wheeled carriage, and thereby carried over the elevated track from the point where dirt is excavated to a point where the sewer is in place and ready to be covered by dropping the earth from the bucket into the open ditch again.

From the detailed description of the con struction and function of each element and sub-combination of my apparatus, the unitary actions or offices of all the parts and the practical operation of my-complete invention will be readily understood by persons familiar with sewer-building. It will also be apparent that the ground excavated need be handled by shovel only once, (when put in the bucket,) and that there will be no necessity for throwing loose ground in the roadway in sufficient quantities to obstruct commerce and travel on the street while the sewer is being built.

I claim as my invention-- 1. Anelevated railway-track composed of posts A, a yoke, B, and rails O, substantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

2. A carriage composed of a single axle, D, having T ends D, stub-axles D and four wheels, substantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

3. A bucket having an open top and rigid arched handle and hinged bottom sections, h,

connected with a revolving shaft, J, by means of chains, and a shaft-locking device to retain the hinged bottom sections closed, substantially as and for the purposes stated.

4. An improved elevator or hoisting box or bucket composed of a vessel having an open top, two hinged bottom sections, h, chains i t k, shaft J, perforated disk m, lever a, carrying a pin, a, and a suitable handle by which it can be suspended from a rope or chain, for the purposes set forth.

5. A hoisting and conveying apparatus composed of the following elements, arranged and combined as set forth, to wit: an elevated railway-track, A B O, a carriage, D D D a bucket having an open top and hinged bottom, a derrick or elevator frame, and pulleys and rope, substantially as shown and described, to operate in the manner set forth.

PATRICK H. MOOAULEY.

lVitnesses:

THOMAS G. ORWIG, GEO. F. HENRY. 

